Al Jazeera English
| Mar 14, 2013
Egyptian police, using snipers on rooftops to shoot into huge crowds in Tahrir Square, were behind almost all of the 846 protestor deaths during the 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's rule, according to a top-level probe likely to play a key...
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Mosaic
| Jan 24, 2013
A new Egyptian anarchist group released its first statement on the eve of expected protests to mark the second anniversary of the start of the Egyptian Revolution. In a slick music video-style promo filmed on the Stanley Bridge in Alexandria, the ...
The Real News Network
| Jun 5, 2012
For the fourth consecutive day, Egyptians protesting the exoneration of key regime figures have settled into sit-ins. In the cities of Suez, Alexandria, and Arish, organized sit-ins are growing in size and formulating their demands. Meanwhile, f...
Al Jazeera English
| May 2, 2012
At least 11 people are killed and dozens injured in Cairo as grisly details emerge of a violent attack on protestors demonstrating against Egypt's ruling military council. Al Jazeera's Rawya Rageh has this update from the Egyptian capital.
Telegraph.co.uk
| Feb 6, 2012
In a fifth consecutive day of violence in Cairo, police fired tear gas at protesters angry over 74 deaths a football match on Wednesday.
Associated Press
| Feb 3, 2012
Unrest was continuing on Egyptian streets, as the death toll climbed to at least three from clashes in Cairo and Suez in the wake of Wednesday night's deadly stadium riot in Port Said.
Euronews
| Feb 3, 2012
Protesters have gathered for a second day outside Egypt's interior ministry, two days after the killing of 74 people at a football match between Premier League sides Al-Ahly and Al-Masry in Port Said. Hardcore supporters of Cairo club Al-Ahly,...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Feb 2, 2012
Security forces fired tear gas at demonstrators near the headquarters of the Interior Ministry in Cairo, after thousands descended on the city centre furious about by the deaths of 74 people in Wednesday's football violence.
Al Jazeera English
| Feb 2, 2012
Supporters of Al-Ahly soccer club, political activists, and ordinary citizens gathered in Cairo today, angry over the handling of security at last night's soccer match in Port Said that descended into violence, leaving scores dead. They wanted to ...
— Feb 23, 2012 at 11:30 pm
For well over a year now, the center of Cairo has been a flashpoint for violence between protesters and security forces. But the battleground is no...
— last Thursday at 08:52 pm
...a painful legacy among local tribesmen, especially during the current rule of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. "The security apparatus did not respec...
— May 11 at 07:04 pm
...the past months. The Al-Qaeda affiliated terrorists there also launched two rockets at the Israeli city of Eilat from their base on the peninsul...
— Mar 22 at 10:25 am
...instability and violence in Egypt, a day before planned Friday protests by opposition activists and groups at the Muslim Brotherhood's headquart...
— Mar 4 at 08:49 am
...police and protesters in Egypt's Nile Delta city of Mansura, on March 2, 2013. AFP PHOTO/STR CAIRO: Four people including two policemen were kil...
The Ministry of Interior of Egypt is part of the Cabinet of Egypt. It is responsible for law enforcement in Egypt. The current minister is Mohamed Ibrahim.
The Ministry of the Interior directs the Central Security Forces, around 325,000 in 2007, and the Border Guard Forces, 12,000 in 2007.
The Border Guard Forces are organised in 18 border guard regiments. The Border Guard Forces are a lightly armed paramilitary unit, mostly Bedouins, responsible for border surveillance, general peacekeeping, drug interdiction, and prevention of smuggling. During the late 1980s, the force was equipped with remote sensors, night-vision binoculars, communications vehicles, and high-speed motorboats. The Border Guard Forces apparently used to be under the Ministry of Defence, but at some point before 2007 were transferred to the Ministry of the Interior.
As of 30 January 2011, Egyptian protesters besieged the building of the Ministry of interior. The Army negotiated a settlement with the staff and protestors, whereby the Cairo staff leave the building peaceful while the army protects the building.
(via Freebase)
